Forgotten Silver

I was talking with my friend Jade, who resides in Auckland about New Zealand films. She mentioned the earlier works of Peter Jackson and I was reminded about a film of his that I saw a few years ago.

Fogrotten Silver is a documentary about a legendary (and forgotten) New Zealand film-maker called Colin MacKenzie. Except it isn't. It was a spoof, though wasn't presented that way when aired on New Zealand television.

My favourite bit in it was the story of his biblical epic whose only funders were the Russians, therefore it was turned into a pean to Communism.

This excellent website fills you in on the film and the furore it caused along with links to other articles about it.